1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea fungicidal agents

ABSTRACT

1-Aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-urea compounds which are effective for the control of prevention of phytopathogenic fungi are described. A method for the fungicidal use of said compounds, fungicidal compositions containing said compounds and methods for the preparation of said compounds are also presented.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Phytopathogenic fungi are the casual agents for many diseases which infect and destroy agronomic crops. Especially devastating are leaf spot type diseases such as banana black sigatoka, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot and peanut leaf spot.

The leaves of the banana plant are subject to attack by a fungus, Mycosphaerella fijiensis, causing a disease called banana black sigatoka. Uncontrolled, banana black sigatoka kills the leaves of the banana plant, resulting in small, poor quality fruit. Because banana is a major export for many Latin American countries, the control of banana black sigatoka is critical to those countries' economies.

Currently, only five fungicide classes are used to treat banana black sigatoka. In some areas, the fungus has become resistant to the two most effective of those fungicide classes. The result has been more intensive spraying with the less effective fungicides. Therefore, there is a need for new fungicides with other modes of action for the continued protection of banana.

Sugar beet is susceptible to many foliar diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi. One of the most frequently encountered and most destructive foliar diseases occurring on sugar beet is sugar beet cercospora leaf spot, caused by the fungus, Cercospora beticola. Sugar beet cercospora leaf spot is common to sugar beet throughout the world, but is most destructive in regions with wet, warm growing seasons, such as Western and Southern Europe, and the Midwestern United States. During periods of high temperature and wetness, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot increases rapidly in the field. This disease also kills leaf tissue resulting in reduced sugar beet weight and sugar content.

Peanut leaf spot, caused by fungi of the Mycosphaerella genus, is the most destructive foliar disease of peanut in the southeastern United States. Uncontrolled, peanut leaf spot causes the defoliation of entire files, resulting in reduced pod size and number. To date, management of peanut leaf spot has been problematic. Because of the development of resistance to fungicides, and the repeal of approval for other fungicides, ninety-nine percent of peanuts grown in this region are sprayed with a single fungicide. Accordingly, there is ongoing research to create new and more effective fungicides and methods for controlling or preventing such fungal infestations.

Certain quinazolinones have shown useful biological activity (see, e.g., M. T. Bogert and R. A. Gortner, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 31, pp. 943-947 (1909); A. P. Bhaduri and N. M. Khanna, Indian J. Chem, 4, pages 447-449 (1966); and U.S. Pat. No. 3,696,102). None of these documents, however, refers to the use of quinazolinones as fungicides.

EP-A-360417-A published Mar. 28, 1990 relates to derivatives of 4-fluoroanthranilic acid and their use as fungicides. And, Y. A. Ammar, et al describe the antimicrobial activity of 6,8-dichloro-4-(3H)-quinazolinones in Current Science, 58, pp, 1231-1234 (1989). Neither of these documents, however, refers to the novel compositions and uses provided herein.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compounds that are highly effective for controlling or preventing phytopathogenic fungal infestations in agronomic crops, both growing and harvested.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for the prevention, control or amelioration of a disease caused by a phytopathogenic fungus by contacting said fungus with a fungicidally effective amount of a 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compound.

It is a feature of this invention to provide a method for the prevention, control or amelioration of leaf spot type diseases such as banana black sigatoka, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot and peanut leaf spot.

These and other objects and features of the invention will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention describes 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compounds which are useful as fungicidal agents.

The 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea antifungal agents of the present invention have structural formula I: ##STR1## wherein X and X₁ are each independently hydrogen or fluorine;

Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,

C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms,

C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms or phenyl,

nitro,

cyano,

C₁ -C₄ alkoxycarbonyl,

C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyloxy, or phenylcarbonyloxy;

R, R₁ and R₂ are each independently hydrogen or C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms;

A and A₁ are each independently O or S;

Z, Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,

C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms,

C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms,

nitro,

cyano,

hydroxy,

R₃ S(O)_(n),

phenyl,

phenoxy, or

C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyl; provided that only hydrogen or fluorine can be on positions 2 and 6 of the phenyl ring;

R₃ is C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; and

n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2.

The present invention also relates to the preparation of those 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compounds, and their use for the prevention, control or amelioration of diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Phytopathogenic fungi are the casual agents for many diseases which infect and destroy agronomic crops, both growing and harvested. Especially devastating are leaf spot type diseases such as banana black sigatoka, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot and peanut leaf spot. Accordingly, there is ongoing research to control fungal infestations.

It has now been unexpectedly discovered that certain quinazolyl urea compounds are highly effective fungicides. The 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea antifungal agents of the present invention have structural formula I: ##STR2## wherein X and X₁ are each independently hydrogen or fluorine;

Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,

C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms;

C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms or phenyl,

nitro,

cyano,

hydroxy,

C₁ -C₄ alkoxycarbonyl,

C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyloxy, or

phenylcarbonyloxy;

R, R₁ and R₂ are each independently hydrogen or C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms;

A and A₁ are each independently O or S;

Z, Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,

C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms,

C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms,

nitro,

cyano,

hydroxy,

R₃ S(O)_(n),

phenyl,

phenoxy, or

C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyl; provided that only hydrogen or fluorine can be on positions 2 or 6 of the phenyl ring;

R₃ is C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; and

n is an integer of 0, 1 or 2.

Surprisingly, it has been found that the formula I compounds of the present invention are especially useful in the prevention, control or amelioration of leaf spot type diseases such as banana black sigatoka, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot and peanut leaf spot which are caused by the phytopathogenic fungi Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Cercospora beticola and Cercosporidium personatum, respectively.

Preferred formula I compounds of the present invention which are particularly effective fungicidal agents which are those wherein

X and X₁ are hydrogen;

Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen or halogen;

R, R₁ and R₂ are hydrogen;

A is O;

A₁ is O or S;

Z is hydrogen; and

Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,

C₁ -C₄ alkyl substituted with one or more halogen atoms, or

C₁ -C₄ alkoxy substituted with one or more halogen atoms.

Exemplary of halogen hereinabove are fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.

The present invention also relates to novel 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compounds having structural formula I described above with the proviso that when X, X₁, Y, Y₁, R₁ and R₂ are hydrogen, A and A₁ are oxygen, and R is methyl, then one of Z, Z₁ or Z₂ is a substituent other than hydrogen or nitro.

Certain compounds of formula I may be prepared as shown below in Flow Diagram I. ##STR3##

The appropriately substituted formula II compound is reacted with at least one molar equivalent of a formula III substituted cyanate in the presence of an inert organic solvent such as a chlorinated hydrocarbon preferably at a temperature between about 15° and 100° C. to obtain the desired formula I compound.

Other compounds of formula I wherein R₁ and R₂ are C₁ -C₄ alkyl may be prepared as shown below in flow diagram II. ##STR4##

The appropriately substituted formula II-a 3-(C₁ -C₄ alkyl)amino-4(3H)quinazolinone is reacted with a formula IV N-(C₁ -C₄ alkyl)carbaniloyl chloride in the presence of a base such as pyridine and an inert organic solvent such as a chlorinated hydrocarbon preferably at a temperature between about 15° C. and 100° C. to obtain the desired formula I compound wherein X, X₁, Y, Y₁, R, Z, Z₁ and Z₂ are described above for formula I and R₁ and R₂ are each C₁ -C₄ alkyl (starting formula II compounds are described e.g., in Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 21, pages 1817-1824 (1984), Journal of Organic Chemistry, 42, pages 161-162 (1977); and Journal fur praktische Chemie, 31, pages 140-148 (1966). Formula IV and formula III compounds are described in Preparative Organic Chemistry, ed. G. Hilgetag and A. Martini (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1972), pages 269 and 472-473).

The 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compounds of the present invention are effective for preventing, controlling or ameliorating diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi. The formula I compounds of the invention are especially useful in the prevention, control or amelioration of leaf spot type diseases such as banana black sigatoka, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot and peanut leaf spot.

The 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compounds of the present invention are also effective for controlling or preventing the growth of phytopathogenic fungi in the presence of growing or harvested plants when applied to said plants at fungicidally effective rates. The formula I compounds of the invention are especially useful for controlling or preventing the growth of phytopathogenic fungi such as Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Cercospora beticola and Cercosporidium personatum when applied to banana, sugar beet and peanut, respectively.

The present invention also relates to compositions comprising the compounds described above that are useful as fungicides. The amount of compound of the present invention effective as a fungicide will vary somewhat according to the virulence of the target fungus, the environment of the treatment and the like. Typically, the compositions of the present invention comprise about 1% to 50% by weight, preferably about 10% to 30% by weight, of the formula I compound dispersed in a liquid carrier when applied to the plant, seed or tuber, or to the soil water in which they are growing, is effective to protect the plant, seed or tuber from fungal infestation and disease caused thereby.

The formula I compounds are also effective for protecting plants, plant seeds and tubers from fungal infestations and diseases when applied to the plants, plant seeds or tubers in sufficient amount to provide a rate of from about 0.015 kg/ha to about 3.0 kg/ha, preferably from about 0.03 kg/ha to about 2.0 kg/ha, of active ingredient. Obviously, higher rates of application of the formula I compounds may be used to protect plants, plant seeds and tubers from fungal infestations and diseases, for example, for soil applications. Higher rates of application to the plants, plant seeds or tubers, however, are generally unnecessary and wasteful.

The formula I compounds of the invention may be formulated as emulsifiable concentrates, flowable liquid concentrates, or wettable powders which are diluted with water, other suitable polar solvent or oil carrier, generally in situ, and then applied as a dilute spray. Said compounds may also be formulated in dry compacted granules, granular formulations, dusts, dust concentrates, suspension concentrates, microemulsions and the like, all of which lend themselves to seed, tuber, soil, water and/or foliage applications to provide the requisite plant protection. Such formulations include the compounds of the invention admixed with inert, solid or liquid diluents.

For example, wettable powders, dusts and dust concentrate formulations can be prepared by grinding and blending together about 25% to about 85% by weight of formula I compounds and about 75% to about 15% by weight of a solid diluent such as bentonite, diatomaceous earth, kaolin, attapulgite, or the like, about 1% to 5% by weight of a dispersing agent such as sodium lignosulfonate, and about 1% to 5% by weight of a nonionic surfactant, such as octylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, or the like.

A typical flowable liquid concentrate can be prepared by admixing about 40% by weight of the active ingredient with about 2% by weight of a gelling agent such as bentonite, about 3% by weight of a dispersing agent such as sodium lignosulfonate, about 1% by weight of a thickener such as polyethylene glycol, and water.

A typical emulsifiable concentrate can be prepared by dissolving about 5% to 50by weight of the active ingredient in about 95% to 50% by weight of a solvent such as isophorone, toluene, butyl cellosolve, methyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, or the like, and dispersing therein about 1% to 5% by weight of a nonionic surfactant such as an alkylphenoxy polyethoxy alcohol.

The compounds of the invention are prepared for use by adding a predetermined quantity of formulated product, such as described above, to the desired volume of water, other suitable solvent or liquid or solid carrier, alone or in combination with one or more other agronomic chemicals for sequential or simultaneous use. Advantageously, the compounds of the invention may be used effectively in conjunction with, or in combination with, other biological chemicals, including but not limited to, acephate, anilazine, benalaxyl, benomyl, bitertanol, bordeaux mixture, carbendazim, carbofuran, carboxin, capatafol, captan, chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos, cyproconazole, diazinon, dichloran, diethofencarb, dimethoate, diniconazole, dithianon, dodine, edifenphos, ethoprop, fenamiphos, fenarimol, fenbuconazole, fenfuram, fenpropidin, fenpropimorph, fentin hydroxide, ferbam, flusilazole, flusulfamide, flutriafol, folpet, formothion, fosetyl, fuberidazole, guazatine, hexaconazole, imazalil, iprobenfos, iprodione, malathion, mancozeb, maneb, metalaxyl, methyl parathion, metiram, myclobutanil, nuarimol, ofurace, oxadixyl, oxycarboxin, penconazole, probenazole, prochloraz, propiconazole, pyrazophos, tebuconazole, terbufos, thiabendazole, thiophanate, thiophanate-methyl, triadimefon, triadimenol, triarimol, tricycloazole, tridemorph, triflumizole, triforine, vinclozolin, zineb, and the like.

Where compositions of the invention are to be employed in combination treatments with other pesticidal agents, the composition may be applied as an admixture of the components as described hereinabove or may be applied sequentially.

The present invention provides a method for the prevention, control or amelioration of a disease caused by a phytopathogenic fungus by contacting said fungus with a fungicidally effective amount of a formula I, 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compound.

The present invention also provides a method for the protection of a plant, plant seed or tuber from fungal infestation and disease by applying to the plant, plant seed or tuber, or to the soil or water in which they are growing, a fungicidally effective amount of a formula I, 1-aryl-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea compound.

In order to facilitate a further understanding of the invention, the following examples are presented primarily for the purpose of illustrating more specific details thereof. The examples utilize the above reaction schemes and also provide further means for preparing even more compounds of the present invention which are not specifically described above. The invention is not to be deemed limited thereby except as defined in the claims.

EXAMPLE 1 Preparation of 3-Amino-4(3H)-quinazolinone ##STR5##

A mixture of 2-aminobenzhydrazide (7.16 g, 47.4 mmol) and triethyl orthoformate (8.3 mL, 49.9 mmol) in ethanol is heated at reflux for 3.5 hours under a nitrogen atmosphere, cooled and filtered to obtain the title product as a white solid, 6.06 g (79%), mp 209°-210.5° C.

Using essentially the same procedure and employing the appropriately substituted 2-aminobenzhydrazide, the following compounds are obtained:

    ______________________________________                                          ##STR6##                                                                      Y        X     X.sub.1    Y.sub.1                                                                              mp °C.                                  ______________________________________                                         H        H     H          OCH.sub.3                                                                            147-149                                        F        H     H          H     158-160                                        H        H     H          Cl    165-182                                        H        H     H          CH.sub.3                                                                             174-176                                        H        H     F          H     196-200                                        H        F     H          H     174.5-176.5                                    Cl       H     H          H     169 dec.                                       ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 2 Preparation of 1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-(p-fluorophenyl)urea ##STR7##

4-Fluorophenyl isocyanate (0.74 mL, 6.51 mmol) is added to a mixture of 3-amino-4(3H)-quinazolinone (1.00 g, 6.21 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane at reflux. The reaction mixture is heated at reflux for 18 hours, cooled to 0° C. and filtered. The filter cake is washed with ether and dried to give the title product as a white solid, 1.64 g (89%), mp 237°-238° C.

Using essentially the same procedure and employing the appropriately substituted 3-amino-4(3H)quinazolinone and the appropriate isocyanate, the following compounds are obtained:

    ______________________________________                                          ##STR8##                                                                      Y    Y.sub.1  Z            Z.sub.1                                                                               mp °C.                                ______________________________________                                         H    H        4-Cl         H                                                   H    H        4-OCH.sub.3  H      236-237                                      H    H        4-CF.sub.3   H      238-239                                      H    H        H            H      219-220                                      H    H        3-Cl         4-Cl   250.5-251.5 dec.                             H    H        4-CH.sub.3   H      226.5-227.2                                  H    H        3-Cl         H      234.5-236.5                                  H    H        2-F          H      216-217.5                                    H    H        4-NO.sub.2   H      263-280                                      H    H        3-Cl         5-Cl   257-259                                      H    H        4-OC.sub.6 H.sub.5                                                                          H      222-228                                      H    H        3-NO.sub.2   4-Cl   244-245                                      H    H        4-Br         H      225-226                                      H    H        3-OCH.sub.3  H      223-224                                      H    H        2-F          4-F    >250                                         H    H        2-F          6-F    240-241                                      H    H        3-CH.sub.3   H      219-220                                      H    H        3-Br         H      244-245                                      H    H        2-F          5-F    231-232                                      H    H        4-OCF.sub.3  H      220-221                                      H    H        3-CF.sub.3   H      246-248                                      H    H        3-Cl         4-CH.sub.3                                                                            262-263                                      H    H        3-C(O)CH.sub.3                                                                              H      259-261                                      H    H        4-C(O)CH.sub.3                                                                              H      267-269                                      H    H        4-I          H      249-250                                      H    H        4-O(CH.sub.2).sub.3 CH.sub.3                                                                H      203-204                                      H    H        3-CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3                                                                         H      224-225                                      H    H        3-CF.sub.3   4-Cl   239-240                                      H    H        3-Cl         4-F    >260                                         H    H        4-C.sub.6 H.sub.5                                                                           H      246-248                                      H    H        3-CN         H      248-249                                      H    H        4-CN         H      >270                                         H    H        4-CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2                                                                        H      209-210                                      H    H        3-F          H      204-205                                      H    H        4-SCH.sub.3  H      228-229                                      H    Cl       4-Cl         H      254-256                                      F    H        4-Cl         H                                                   F    H        4-Br         H      240-243                                      H    OCH.sub.3                                                                               4-Br         H      227-229                                      H    OCH.sub.3                                                                               4-Cl         H      227-229                                      H    Cl       4-Br         H      268-270                                      H    CH.sub.3 4-Br         H      242-246 dec.                                 H    CH.sub.3 4-Cl         H      251-254                                      H    H        4-SCF.sub.3  H      199-201                                      ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 3 Preparation of 1-(p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-2-thiourea ##STR9##

4-Bromophenyl isothiocyanate (2.51 g, 11.72 mmol) is added to a mixture of 3-amino-4(3H)quinazolinone (1.72 g, 10.66 mmol) in a 1,2-dichloroethane at reflux under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture is heated at reflux for 2 days, cooled, washed with ether and filtered. The filter cake is dried to give the title product as a white solid, 2.44 g, mp 189°-190° C.

Using essentially the same procedure and substituting the appropriate isothiocyanate for 4-bromophenyl isothiocyanate, the following compounds are obtained:

    ______________________________________                                          ##STR10##                                                                            Z    mp °C.                                                      ______________________________________                                                Cl     172-173.5                                                               NO.sub.2                                                                            180-181                                                                   CF.sub.3                                                                            192-194                                                                   H     99-102                                                            ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 4 Preparation of 3-(p-Chlorophenyl)-1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-1-methylurea ##STR11##

A mixture of 3-methylamino-4(3H)quinazolinone (2.00 g, 11.4 mmol) and 4-chlorophenyl isocyanate 2.01 g, 13.1 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane is heated at reflux for 72 hours, concentrated in vacuo and diluted with ether. The organic mixture is heated to reflux and filtered. The filter cake is washed with ether and dried to give the title product as a white solid, 3.61 g (96%), mp 186°-188° C.

EXAMPLE 5 Preparation of 1-(p-Aminophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea ##STR12##

5% Pd/C (0.5 g) is added to a mixture of 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-(p-nitrophenyl)urea (1.32 g, 4.06 mmol), ethanol (50 mL) and acetic acid (5 mL). The reaction mixture is placed on a Parr hydrogenator at 50 psi H₂ for 3 hours, diluted with acetone and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated in vacuo to obtain a brown oil. The oil is dissolved in methanol, decolorized with activated carbon and concentrated in vacuo to give the title product as a tan solid, 0.9 g, mp >305° C.

EXAMPLE 6 Preparation of 1-(p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-2-methyl-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea ##STR13##

A mixture of 3-amino-2-methyl-4-quinazolone (1.60 g, 9.10 mmol) and 4-chlorophenyl isocyanate (1.54 g, 10.0 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane is heated at reflux for 22 hours, concentrated in vacuo, cooled to 0° C. and filtered. The filter cake is washed with ether and dried to give the title product as a white solid, 2.45 g (82%), mp 228°-229.5° C.

EXAMPLE 7 Preparatin of 1-(p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-1,3-dimethylurea ##STR14##

p-Chloro-N-methylcarbaniloyl chloride (1.60 g, 7.84 mmol) is added to a solution of 3-methylamino-4(3H)-quinazolinone (1.36 g, 7.76 mmol) and pyridine (630 μL, 7.79 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane. The reaction mixture is heated at reflux for 2 days, concentrated in vacuo, diluted with dichloromethane, washed sequentially with water, 5% hydrochloric acid solution and brine, dried over MgSO₄ and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a tan oil. Chromatography of the oil using silica gel and 20% to 50% ethyl acetate in hexanes solution gives the title product as a white solid, 0.99 g, mp 97°-120° C.

EXAMPLE 8 Preparation of 4-(p-Chlorophenyl)semicarbazide ##STR15##

Hydrazine (0.83 mL, 26.4 mmol) is added dropwise to a solution of 4-chlorophenyl isocyanate (3.85 g, 25.1 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane. The reaction mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature and filtered. The filter cake is washed with ether and dried to give the title product as a white solid, 4.28 g, which is identified by ¹ HNMR spectral analysis.

EXAMPLE 9 Preparation of 2-(Trifluoromethyl)-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one ##STR16##

Anthranilic acid (10.07 g, 73.43 mmol) is added portionwise to trifluoroacetic anhydride (31 mL). After the addition is complete, the reaction mixture is concentrated in vacuo to obtain a residue. The residue is diluted with acetic anhydride and the mixture is heated at reflux for 30 minutes, cooled to room temperature and distilled to obtain the title product as a white solid, 13.35 g, which is identified by ¹ HNMR spectral analysis.

EXAMPLE 10 Preparation of 1-(p-Chlorophenyl)-3(3,4-hydro-4-oxo-2-(trifluoromethyl)-3-quinazolinyl)urea ##STR17##

4-(p-Chlorophenyl)semicarbazide (1.49 g, 8.03 mmol) is added to a solution of 2-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one (1.72 g, 8.00 mmol) in pyridine (27 mL) at 100° C. The reaction mixture is stirred for 15 hours at 100° C., cooled to room temperature and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a solid. The solid is diluted with dichloromethane and the mixture is washed sequentially with 10% hydrochloric acid and water and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a tan solid. The tan solid is washed with dichloroethane and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated in vacuo to obtain a brown foam. The foam is diluted with ether and the mixture is washed sequentially with 10% hydrochloric acid, water and saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, dried over anhydrous MgSO₄, decolorized with carbon and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a cream colored foam. Flash chromatography of the cream colored foam using silica gel and a 3:1 dichloromethane/hexanes solution gives the title product as a white solid, 0.36 g, which is identified by ¹ HNMR spectral analysis.

EXAMPLE 11 Preparation of 1-(p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea ##STR18##

A 1.0 molar solution of boron trichloride in dichloromethane (24 mL, 24.0 mmol BCl₃) is added to a mixture of 1-(p-bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea (3.08 g, 7.91 mmol) in dichloromethane. The reaction mixture is stirred for 20 hours at room temperature, adjusted to about pH 8 with sodium hydrogen carbonate and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a slurry. The slurry is filtered and the filter cake is washed with water and dried to give the title product as a white solid, 2.55 g, mp 276°-278° C., which is identified by ¹ HNMR spectral analysis.

Using essentially the same procedure and substituting 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea for 1-(p-bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea, 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea is obtained as a white solid, mp 266°-268° C.

EXAMPLE 12 Preparation of 1(p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea acetate (ester) ##STR19##

A mixture of 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea (0.66 g, 2.00 mmol) in dichloromethane is treated with acetyl chloride (0.155 mL, 2.11 mmol) and pyridine (0.165 mL, 2.04 mmol), stirred overnight, washed sequentially with 5% hydrochloric acid, saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO₄ and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a solid. The solid is washed with dichloromethane and dried to give the title product as a white solid, 0.30 g, mp 216°-218° C., which is identified by ¹ HNMR spectral analysis.

Using essentially the same procedure and employing the appropriately substituted 1-(substituted phenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea and the appropriate acid chloride, the following compounds are obtained:

    ______________________________________                                          ##STR20##                                                                     Y.sub.1           Z     mp °C.                                          ______________________________________                                         OC(O)CH.sub.3     Br    176-178                                                OC(O)C.sub.6 H.sub.5                                                                             Br    246-247                                                OC(O)C.sub.6 H.sub.5                                                                             Cl    220-221                                                ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 13 Preparation of 1(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)urea ##STR21##

A 1.0 molar solution of boron tribromide (6.45 mL, 6.45 mmol BBr₃) is added dropwise to a mixture of 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-(p-methoxyphenyl)urea (1.0 g, 3.22 mmol) in dichloromethane under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature, adjusted to about pH 8 with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, stirred for 2 hours, washed with water and filtered. The filter cake is dried, triturated with hot acetone, filtered and dried to give the title product as a white solid, 0.42 g, mp 220°-223° C., which is identified by ¹ HNMR spectral analysis.

EXAMPLE 14 Preparation of 1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-{p-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]phenyl}urea ##STR22##

A mixture of 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-{p-[(trifluoromethyl)thio]phenyl}urea (1.0 g, 2.63 mmol) in chloroform is cooled with an ice-water bath, treated with a solution of 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (0.57 g, 80% real, 2.64 mmol) in chloroform, stirred for 3 hours at 0° C., stirred for 32 hours at room temperature, cooled to 0° C., treated with additional 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (0.114 g, 0.53 mmol) in chloroform, stirred for 36 hours at room temperature, diluted with dichloromethane, washed sequentially with saturated sodium sulfite solution, saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO₄ and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a yellow solid. Chromatography of the solid using silica gel and a 4:1 ethyl acetate/hexanes solution gives the title product as a white solid, 0.50 g, mp 148°-150° C., which is identified by ¹ HNMR spectral analysis.

Using essentially the same procedure but employing 3.8 equivalents of 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-{p-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]phenyl}urea is obtained as a white solid, mp 118°-121° C.

EXAMPLE 15 Evaluation of test compounds against banana black sigatoka caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis

Test compounds are dissolved in acetone and diluted with distilled water containing about 0.05% TWEEN 20®, a polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate surfactant manufactured by Atlas Chemical Industries, to give a concentration of 200 ppm.

Banana seedlings at the 6-7 leaf stage are sprayed with test solution on the upper and lower surfaces of the 3 youngest unfurled leaves to the point of run-off, dried and inoculated with a spore suspension of Mycosphaerella fijiensis. The inoculated banana seedlings are placed outdoors in a plastic tunnel lined with wet jute sacks. The temperature is maintained between 25° and 32° C. and the relative humidity is maintained between 85% and 100%. After five days, the banana seedlings are transferred to a partially shaded screenhouse, surrounded with wet jute sacks and misted daily. When disease symptom development is optimal, 28 to 40 days post inoculation, the banana seedlings are rated for disease control according to the rating scale shown below. Each test contains inoculated treated plants, inoculated untreated plants and a reference standard.

    ______________________________________                                         Rating Scale                                                                   Rating      Range % Control                                                    ______________________________________                                         0           0                                                                  1            1-14                                                              2           15-29                                                              3           30-44                                                              4           45-59                                                              5           60-74                                                              6           75-89                                                              7           90-95                                                              8           96-99                                                              9           100                                                                ______________________________________                                    

When more than one test is run, the data are averaged. The data obtained are shown in Table I.

                  TABLE I                                                          ______________________________________                                         Evaluation of Test Compounds Against                                           Banana Black Sigatoka                                                                                 Control of Banana                                                              Black Sigatoka                                          Compound               (200 ppm)                                               ______________________________________                                         1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  8.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 3.3                                                     3-( -p-methoxyphenyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 7.7                                                     3-( -p-fluorophenyl)urea                                                       1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 8.3                                                     (α,α,α-trifluoro- -p-tolyl)urea                              1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 5.0                                                     3-phenylurea                                                                   1-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                4.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 6.0                                                     3-( -p-tolyl)urea                                                              1-( .sub.--m-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                            1.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 5.3                                                     3-( -o-fluorophenyl)urea                                                       1-(3,5-Dichlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                0.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 0.3                                                     3-( -p-phenoxphenyl)urea                                                       1-(4-Chloro-3-nitrophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                    0.0                                                     dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              3-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-1-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  4.0                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-1-methylurea                                             1-( -p-Aminophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-                                                                 0.3                                                     oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                        1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  5.0                                                     2-methyl-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                             1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                   8.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 0.0                                                     3-( .sub.--m-methoxyphenyl)urea                                                1-(2,4-Difluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                        4.3                                                     dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(2,6-Difluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                5.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 3.0                                                     3-( .sub.--m-tolyl)urea                                                        1-( .sub.--m-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                             0.0                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(2,5-Difluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                        6.0                                                     dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  1.3                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-1,3-dimethyl-                                            urea                                                                           1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  8.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-2-thiourea                                               1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 5.0                                                     3-[ -p-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]urea                                           1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 0.3                                                     3-(α,α,α-trifluoro- .sub.--m-tolyl)urea                      1-(3-Chloro- -p-tolyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                1.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-( .sub.--m-Acetylphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                            0.0                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-( -p-Acetylphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  5.0                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 8.0                                                     3-( -p-iodophenyl)urea                                                         1-( -p-Butoxyphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  4.7                                                     4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 1.3                                                     3-( .sub.--m-ethylphenyl)urea                                                  1-(8-Chloro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                      8.7                                                     quinazolinyl)-3-( -p-chlorophenyl)urea                                         1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(5-fluoro-3,4-                                                                 8.0                                                     dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 1.3                                                     3-(3,4-xylyl)urea                                                              1-(4-Chloro-α,α,α-trifluoro- .sub.--m-tolyl)-                                       0.3                                                     3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                          urea                                                                           1-(3-Chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                   2.0                                                     dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(4-Biphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-                                                                  1.7                                                     3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                            1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(5-fluoro-3,4-                                                                  8.0                                                     dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                   3.7                                                     8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                            1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  1.0                                                     8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                            1-( .sub.--m-Cyanophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-                                                           0.3                                                     oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                        1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(8-chloro-3,4-                                                                  8.0                                                     dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( -p-Cyanophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-                                                                 4.7                                                     oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                        1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-8-                                                                 4.7                                                     methyl-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                               1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  6.7                                                     8-methyl-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                             1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 4.0                                                     3-( .sub.--m-fluorophenyl)urea                                                 1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                                 0.3                                                     3-(4-fluoro-3-nitrophenyl)urea                                                 ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 16 Evaluation of test compounds against sugar beet cercospora leaf spot caused by Cercospora beticola

Test compounds are dissolved in acetone and diluted with deionized water containing about 0.05% TWEEN 20®, a polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate surfactant manufactured by Atlas Chemical Industries, to give a concentration of 400 ppm.

Two week old beet seedlings are sprayed with test solution to the point of run-off, dried and inoculated with a conidial suspension of Cercospora beticola. The inoculated beet seedlings are placed in a moisture chamber. The temperature is maintained between 18° and 22° C. and the relative humidity is maintained at 100%. After five days, the beet seedlings are transferred to a greenhouse and bottom watered daily. When disease symptom development is optimal, 10-14 days post inoculation, the beet seedlings are rated for disease control according to the rating scale shown in Example 15. Each test contains inoculated treated plants, inoculated untreated plants and a reference standard. When more than one test is run, the data are averaged. The data obtained are shown below in Table II.

                  TABLE II                                                         ______________________________________                                         Evaluation of Test Compounds Against                                           Sugar Beet Cercospora Leaf Spot                                                                     Control of Sugar Beet                                                          Cercospora Leaf Spot                                      Compound             (400 ppm)                                                 ______________________________________                                         1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                7.3                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     4.7                                                       linyl)-3-( -p-methoxyphenyl)urea                                               1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     6.7                                                       linyl)-3-( -p-fluorophenyl)urea                                                1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     7.3                                                       linyl)-(α,α,α-trifluoro- -p-tolyl)-                          urea                                                                           1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     6.0                                                       linyl)-3-phenylurea                                                            1-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                      4.3                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     7.3                                                       linyl)-3-( -p-tolyl)urea                                                       1-( .sub.--m-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                          5.3                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     6.7                                                       linyl)-3-( -o-fluorophenyl)urea                                                1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     4.7                                                       linyl)-3-( -p-nitrophenyl)urea                                                 1-(3,5-Dichlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                      2.3                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     5.7                                                       linyl)-3-( -p-phenoxyphenyl)urea                                               1-(4-Chloro-3-nitrophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                  2.0                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              3-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-1-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                0.3                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-1-methylurea                                             1-( -p-Aminophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                 3.3                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                7.3                                                       2-methyl-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                             1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                 7.7                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     2.3                                                       linyl)-3-( .sub.--m-methoxphenyl)urea                                          1-(2,4-Difluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                      3.3                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(2,6-Difluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                      6.0                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     2.3                                                       linyl)-3-( .sub.--m-tolyl)urea                                                 1-( .sub.--m-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                           2.7                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(2,5-Difluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                      7.0                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                5.3                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-1,3-dimethyl-                                            urea                                                                           1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                6.7                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-2-thiourea                                               1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                               1.3                                                       3-[ -p-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]urea                                           1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                               3.3                                                       3-(α,α,α-trifluoro- .sub.--m-tolyl)urea                      1-(3-Chloro- -p-tolyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                      0.0                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( .sub.--m-Acetylphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                          1.6                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-( -p-Acetylphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                0.6                                                       4-oxo-3-dquinazolinyl)urea                                                     1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     0.6                                                       linyl)-3-( -p-iodophenyl)urea                                                  1-( -p-Butoxyphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                0.0                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     0.0                                                       linyl)-3-( .sub.--m-ethylphenyl)urea                                           1-(8-Chloro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                    2.0                                                       quinazolinyl)-3-( -p-chlorophenyl)-                                            urea                                                                           1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(5-fluoro-3,4-                                                               7.7                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazollinyl)urea                                             1-(4-Chloro-α,α,α-trifluoro- .sub.--m-                                            1.0                                                       tolyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                 quinazolinyl)urea                                                              1-(3-Chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                 1.0                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-(4-Biphenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                      0.0                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(5-fluoro-3,4-                                                                8.6                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                 0.0                                                       8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                            1-(p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                  0.0                                                       8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                            1-( .sub.--m-Cyanophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                           0.7                                                       4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                      1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(8-chloro-3,4-                                                                4.0                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( -p-Cyanophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-                                                               4.7                                                       oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                        1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                 1.0                                                       8-methyl-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                             1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-                                                                6.0                                                       8-methyl-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                             1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                               2.7                                                       3-( -p-isopropylphenyl)urea                                                    1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     5.0                                                       linyl)-3-( .sub.--m-fluorophenyl)urea                                          1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     1.0                                                       linyl)-3-(3,4-xylyl)urea                                                       1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                     3.3                                                       linyl)-3-(4-fluoro-3-nitro-                                                    phenyl)urea                                                                    1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(6-fluoro-                                                                    5.0                                                       3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                             urea                                                                           1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(7-fluoro-3,4-                                                                0.0                                                       dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea                                              1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(7-fluoro-                                                                   1.3                                                       3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                             urea                                                                           ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 17 Evaluation of test compounds against peanut late leaf spot caused by Cercosporidium personatum

Test compounds are formulated in an acetone/Triton X-155® (an octylphenoxy polyethoxyethanol dispersant manufactured by Rohm and Haas Co.) aqueous solution (5%/0.1% v/v), to give concentrations of 200 and 100 ppm.

Peanut plants are sprayed with test solution, dried and inoculated with conidia of Cercosporidium personatum. When disease symptom development is optimal the peanut plants are rated for disease control according to the equation: ##EQU1## Each test contains inoculated treated plants, inoculated untreated plants and a reference standard. When more than one test is run, the data are averaged. The data obtained are shown below in Table III.

TABLE III Evaluation of Test Compounds Against Peanut Late Leaf Spot

                  TABLE III                                                        ______________________________________                                         Evaluation of Test Compounds Against                                           Peanut Late Leaf Spot                                                                                     % Control of                                                           Rate    Peanut Late                                         Compound           (ppm)   Leaf Spot                                           ______________________________________                                         1-(-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                         200     100                                                 dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                          100     99                                                  linyl)urea                                                                     1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                      200     100                                                 dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazo-                                                                          100     100                                                 linyl)-2-thiourea                                                              1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                           200     95                                                  quinazolinyl)-3-( -p-fluoro-                                                                      100     86                                                  phenyl)urea                                                                    1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-(5-                                                                        200     79                                                  fluoro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-                                                                         100     85                                                  3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                            1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                           200     81                                                  quinazolinyl)-3-( -p-fluoro-                                                                      100     90                                                  phenyl)-2-thiourea                                                             1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-                                                                             200     98                                                  3-quinazolinyl)-3- 100     93                                                  (α,α,α-trifluoro- -p-                                        tolyl)urea                                                                     1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-                                                                            200     100                                                 (3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                             100     93                                                  quinazolinyl)urea                                                              1-(8-Chloro-3,4-dihydro-                                                                          200     96                                                  4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-                                                                          100     89                                                  ( -p-chlorophenyl)urea                                                         1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(5-                                                                         200     94                                                  fluoro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-                                                                         100     81                                                  3-quinazolinyl)urea                                                            1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-                                                                       200     99                                                  dihydro-4-oxo-3-quina-                                                                            100     90                                                  zolinyl)-2-thiourea                                                            ______________________________________                                    

EXAMPLE 18 Soil systemic evaluation of test compounds against sugar beet cercospora leaf spot caused by Cercospora beticola

Test solutions are prepared by dissolving test compounds in acetone and diluting with deionized water containing about 0.05% TWEEN 20® a polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate surfactant manufactured by Atlas Chemical Industries.

Test solution is applied to the soil surface of pots containing five week old beet seedlings in sufficient quantity to provide the equivalent of about 2.5 to 10.0 kilograms per hectare of test compound per pot. After three days, the beet seedlings are inoculated with a conidial suspension of Cercospora beticola. The inoculated beet seedlings are placed in a moisture chamber for five days, transferred to a greenhouse and bottom watered daily. When disease symptom development is optimal, 10-14 days post inoculation, the beet seedlings are rated for disease control according to the rating scale shown in Example 15. Each test contains inoculated treated plants, inoculated untreated plants and a reference standard. The data obtained are shown below in Table IV.

                  TABLE IV                                                         ______________________________________                                         Soil Systemic Evaluation of Test Compounds                                     Against Sugar Beet Cercospora Leaf Spot                                                       Rate      Control of Sugar Beet                                 Compound       (kg/ha)   Cercospora Leaf Spot                                  ______________________________________                                         1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-                                                                       10.0      8.7                                                   (3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                         5.0       8.0                                                   quinazolinyl)urea                                                                             2.5       9.0                                                   1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-                                                                       10.0      5.7                                                   (3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                         5.0       7.3                                                   quinazolinyl)-2-thiourea                                                       1-( -p-Chlorophenyl)-3-                                                                       10.0      7.0                                                   (5-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-                                                                        5.0       4.7                                                   4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-                                                         urea                                                                           1-(3,4-Dihydro-4-oxo-                                                                         10.0      5.0                                                   3-quinazolinyl)-3-                                                                            5.0       6.0                                                   (α,α,α-trifluoro- -p-                                        tolyl)urea                                                                     1-( -p-Bromophenyl)-3-                                                                        10.0      5.3                                                   (3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-                                                                         5.0       6.3                                                   quinazolinyl)urea                                                              1-(8-Chloro-3,4-dihydro-                                                                      10.0      2.3                                                   4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-                                                                      5.0       2.0                                                   ( -p-chlorophenyl)urea                                                         ______________________________________                                     

What is claimed is:
 1. A compound having the structure ##STR23## wherein X and X₁ are each independently hydrogen or fluorine;Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms or phenyl, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, C₁ -C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyloxy, or phenylcarbonyloxy; R is hydrogen; R₁ and R₂ are each independently hydrogen or C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; A is O or S and A₁ is O; Z, Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, R₃ S(O)_(n), phenyl, phenoxy, or C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyl; provided that only hydrogen or fluorine can be on positions 2 and 6 of the phenyl ring; R₃ is C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; and n is an integer of 0, 1 or
 2. 2. The compound according to claim 1 whereinX and X₁ are hydrogen; Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen or halogen; R, R₁ and R₂ are hydrogen; A is O; A₁ is O; Z is hydrogen; and Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl substituted with one or more halogen atoms, or C₁ -C₄ alkoxy substituted with one or more halogen atoms.
 3. The compound according to claim 2 selected from the group consisting of 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea; 1-(p-bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-urea; 1-(8-chloro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-(p-chlorophenyl)urea; and 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl-3-(α,α,α-trifluoro-p-tolyl)urea.
 4. A method for the prevention, control or amelioration of a disease caused by a phytopathogenic fungus which comprises contacting said fungus with a fungicidally effective amount of a compound having the structure ##STR24## wherein X and X₁ are each independently hydrogen or fluorine;Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, C₁ -C₂ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms or phenyl, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, C₁ -C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyloxy, or phenylcarbonyloxy; R, R₁ and R₂ are each independently hydrogen or C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; A and A₁ are each independently O or S; Z, Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, R₃ S(O)_(n), phenyl, phenoxy, or C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyl; provided that only hydrogen or fluorine can be on positions 2 and 6 of the phenyl ring; R₃ is C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; and n is an integer of 0, 1 or
 2. 5. The method according to claim 4 wherein the disease is selected from the group consisting of banana black sigatoka, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot and peanut leaf spot.
 6. The method according to claim 4 wherein the phytopathogenic fungus is selected from the group consisting of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Cercospora beticola and Cercosporidium personatum.
 7. The method according to claim 4 whereinX and X₁ are hydrogen; Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen or halogen; R, R₁ and R₂ are hydrogen; A is O; A₁ is O or S; Z is hydrogen; and Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl substituted with one or more halogen atoms, or C₁ -C₄ alkoxy substituted with one or more halogen atoms.
 8. The method according to claim 7 wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea; 1-(p-bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea; 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-2-thiourea; 1-(8-chloro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-(p-chlorophenyl)urea; and 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3(α,α,α-trifluoro-p-tolyl)urea.
 9. A method for the protection of a plant, plant seed or tuber from fungal infestation and disease which comprises applying to the plant, plant seed or tuber, or to the soil or water in which they are growing, a fungicidally effective amount of a compound having the structure ##STR25## wherein X and X₁ are each independently hydrogen or fluorine;Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms or phenyl, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, C₁ -C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyloxy, or phenylcarbonyloxy; R, R₁ and R₂ are each independently hydrogen or C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; A and A₁ are each independently O or S; Z, Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, R₃ S(O)_(n), phenyl, phenoxy, or C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyl; provided that only hydrogen or fluorine can be on positions 2 and 6 of the phenyl ring; R₃ is C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; and n is an integer of 0, 1 or
 2. 10. The method according to claim 9 wherein the plant is selected from the group consisting of banana, sugar beet and peanut.
 11. The method according to claim 9 wherein the fungal disease is selected from the group consisting of banana black sigatoka, sugar beet cercospora leaf spot and peanut leaf spot.
 12. The method according to claim 9 whereinX and X₁ are hydrogen; Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen or halogen; R, R₁ and R₂ are hydrogen; A is O; Z is hydrogen; and Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl substituted with one or more halogen atoms, or C₁ -C₄ alkoxy substituted with one or more halogen atoms.
 13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea; 1-(p-bromophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)urea; 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-2-thiourea; 1-(8-chloro-3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl)-3-(p-chlorophenyl)urea; and 1-(3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinazolinyl-3-(α,α,α-trifluoro-p-tolyl)urea.
 14. The method according to claim 9 wherein the compound is applied to the plant at a rate of about 0.015 kg/ha to about 3.0 kg/ha.
 15. A composition for controlling phytopathogenic fungi which comprises an inert liquid or solid diluent and a fungicidally effective amount of a compound having the structure ##STR26## wherein X and X₁ are each independently hydrogen or fluorine;Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms or phenyl, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, C₁ -C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyloxy, or phenylcarbonyloxy; R, R₁ and R₂ are each independently hydrogen or C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; A and A₁ are each independently O or S; Z, Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, C₁ -C₄ alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, nitro, cyano, hydroxy, R₃ S(O)_(n), phenyl, phenoxy, or C₁ -C₄ alkylcarbonyl; provided that only hydrogen or fluorine can be on positions 2 and 6 of the phenyl ring; R₃ is C₁ -C₄ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; and n is an integer of 0, 1 or
 2. 16. The composition according to claim 15 whereinX and X₁ are hydrogen; Y and Y₁ are each independently hydrogen or halogen; R, R₁ and R₂ are hydrogen; A is O; Z is hydrogen; and Z₁ and Z₂ are each independently hydrogen, halogen,C₁ -C₄ alkyl substituted with one or more halogen atoms, or C₁ -C₄ alkoxy substituted with one or more halogen atoms.
 17. The composition according to claim 15 in combination with one or more other agronomic or biological chemicals. 